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Smoke on apple tv is promising after first couple of episodes.

Written by Dennis Lehane of shutter island, boardwalk empire, the wire, mystic river etc which should give you an idea of the tone to expect.

Its about fire department and cops on the hunt for two separate serial arsonists.
 
egb_hibs said:
Finished department q tonight. Good watch though did get heroically complicated at the end. I think we spent as much time with the thing paused as I explained to the missus who was who and what was going on, as we did watching it. Was stumped myself once or twice and had to rely on the bairn's less aged brain!
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Just finished Dept Q last night. Nine episodes is a bit too much, the Kelly McDonald character, the stepson and the roommate were superfluous and blah. Some of the back and forth sniping was funny but became tedious as things progressed. On the whole it was pretty good. and I'm not sure I understood what played out at the end. I am pretty clear on most of it but there are a couple of loose ends which would suggest a second series. I didn't catch what Morck was holding over Burns, something about a daughter?
 
Karen Pirie
All Series 2 episodes are on ITVX now, but fuck me, they are long at 2 hours each.
Series 1 was great, introduced some solid permanent charaters, nice quirks, well acted. But I did think they were trying to outdo Rebus with it being set in Fife - maybe not.
Series 2 was better, the main characters from series 1 (Pirie, Mint, River, Lees) were great, but the new characters for this series were fabulous, good performances from James Cosmo, Julia Brown, James Fleet, etc. were a very good watch. The main character might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I liked her.
The work through of the investigation worked well with the flashbacks keeping in synch with the investigation
It was great seeing a Scottish TV series produced well. Keep up the good work ITV/STV or whoever produced it.
 
cabbage said:
Karen Pirie
All Series 2 episodes are on ITVX now, but fuck me, they are long at 2 hours each.
Series 1 was great, introduced some solid permanent charaters, nice quirks, well acted. But I did think they were trying to outdo Rebus with it being set in Fife - maybe not.
Series 2 was better, the main characters from series 1 (Pirie, Mint, River, Lees) were great, but the new characters for this series were fabulous, good performances from James Cosmo, Julia Brown, James Fleet, etc. were a very good watch. The main character might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I liked her.
The work through of the investigation worked well with the flashbacks keeping in synch with the investigation
It was great seeing a Scottish TV series produced well. Keep up the good work ITV/STV or whoever produced it.
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Agreed wholeheartedly. Enjoyed series 2 much more than 1. Watched episode 1 then downloaded the rest and binge watched it.
 
cabbage said:
Karen Pirie
All Series 2 episodes are on ITVX now, but fuck me, they are long at 2 hours each.
Series 1 was great, introduced some solid permanent charaters, nice quirks, well acted. But I did think they were trying to outdo Rebus with it being set in Fife - maybe not.
Series 2 was better, the main characters from series 1 (Pirie, Mint, River, Lees) were great, but the new characters for this series were fabulous, good performances from James Cosmo, Julia Brown, James Fleet, etc. were a very good watch. The main character might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I liked her.
The work through of the investigation worked well with the flashbacks keeping in synch with the investigation
It was great seeing a Scottish TV series produced well. Keep up the good work ITV/STV or whoever produced it.
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And I forgot to mention, the theme music is (the absolutely outstanding) Arab Strap - The Turning of our Bones
 
cabbage said:
The acting in Karen Pirie is proper acting.
The acting in Shetlnd isn't - Sandy, Tosh, etc are cute characters, and I love watching Shetland (I might be seduced by the scenery) but the acting is pish.
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I found myself paying more attention to the scenery than the acting in Shetland - it was very “wooden”. Karen Pirie is much more professional.
 
Just finished series 2 and 3 of Squid games. Good or a pile of crap? Still not sure. The acting seemed very stilted.
 
Bangkokhibby said:
Just finished series 2 and 3 of Squid games. Good or a pile of crap? Still not sure. The acting seemed very stilted.
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Thought the first squid game was decent but just can't get into the rest.

The last couple of weeks I've watched all of The Wire and Gomorra again.
 
Any yous watched this? The grauniad is praising it big time which makes me suspicious....



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egb_hibs said:
Smoke on apple tv is promising after first couple of episodes.

Written by Dennis Lehane of shutter island, boardwalk empire, the wire, mystic river etc which should give you an idea of the tone to expect.

Its about fire department and cops on the hunt for two separate serial arsonists.
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Just watching the penultimate episode. It's really good. A slow burner, if you'll excuse the pun.
 
6 series into US shameless and like many other series this long it's running out of ideas. Anyone recommend sticking with it?
 
Watching Destination X. A poor mans' Traitors.Is it just me or are the players a bit thick?Or maybe some are just acting it.I like Rob Brydon,my mum and I went to see him a few years back and he was hilarious,but I think he's on to a loser with this.
 
Findlayhibby said:
Watching Destination X. A poor mans' Traitors.Is it just me or are the players a bit thick?Or maybe some are just acting it.I like Rob Brydon,my mum and I went to see him a few years back and he was hilarious,but I think he's on to a loser with this.
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Saw the first episode and took pains to miss the rest. Paper-thin pretext for a show.

But if you offer punters 100 grand someone will watch just to see if the worst candidate really does win it in the end.
 
Cavalier said:
I have not, but really should.
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I read it years ago before the film with Dustin Hoffman came out. I enjoyed the film and the book. Some similarities with Monte Cristo plotwise. Just watched first two episodes and it's gathering pace with some dastardly villains.
 
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